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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1550694, member: 11521&quot;]I don&#039;t know how to answer that question. Are you saying that until recently dies that were to be later paired together to strike coins were made as a set? I am not aware that that was ever case. Maybe I am just not understanding what it is that you are saying. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint makes a LOT of dies. Thousands and thousands of them. As I said above, they make a bunch of obverse dies and store them. They make a bunch of reverse dies and store them. When a press operator needs a die or a pair of dies the dies are taken from those previously-prepared dies - an obverse die from the box of obverse dies and a reverse die from the box of reverse dies (if a pair of dies is requested). The obverse die and reverse die have never been paired together before their random pairing just before being placed in the coin press. </p><p><br /></p><p>At least that is my understanding after years of reading about the coin-making process and several tours of the Denver Mint (down on the floor, not the public tour).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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